THT 1540.a
| Known as: | THT 1540.a; Prelim. No. 432; Pencil No. 3312 |
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| Cite this page as: | "THT 1540.a". In A Comprehensive Edition of Tocharian Manuscripts (CEToM). Created and maintained by Melanie Malzahn, Martin Braun, Hannes A. Fellner, and Bernhard Koller. https://cetom.univie.ac.at/?m-tht1540a (accessed 10 Feb. 2026). |
Provenience | |
| Main find spot: | Kizil Ming-öy |
| Expedition code: | T III MQ 69 |
| Collection: | Berlin Turfan Collection |
Language and Script | |
| Language: | TB |
| Linguistic stage: | classical |
| Script: | classical |
Text contents | |
| Text genre: | Literary |
Object | |
| Material: | ink on paper |
| Form: | Poṭhī |
| Number of lines: | 6 |
Images
Images from idp.bl.uk by courtesy of the International Dunhuang Project, the Berlin-Brandenburgische Akademie der Wissenschaften, and the Staatsbibliothek zu Berlin – Orientabteilung.
Transliteration
| a1 | /// ·n· p· l· ts· tw· tre śai ṣṣ[e]ṃ¯ ¯t[s] kus[e] wa /// |
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| a2 | /// ·k· – kṣo s̝a t· llau s· 20 6 o ṅko lma pai twe – /// |
| a3 | /// ·n· ṅka tsī¯ ¯śc ta ṅsa nai a ñmtwe mā s̝a p·o ntsai /// |
| a4 | /// – (–) ·e yä rke sā pa klye s̝ña kta twe kuse ñī ·e /// |
| a5 | /// neṃ s̝a¯ ¯ñ ka rsto ytme ntsi ñ· a ñ[m]a /// |
| a6 | /// – śau lwa rññai ka – wä lo ·e /// |
| b1 | /// ṣṣ· ta¯ ¯ñ lwā sa ṣe mwe sṣe /// |
| b2 | /// – ktsaṃ pā – [s̝pa] – nte mā tā ko¯ ¯[ī] t·e ·e ka – – /// |
| b3 | /// – – [ka] ·i ·ā ñ·o[¯] [¯]k [wsa] st[e] trai ka pe n·a – /// |
| b4 | /// – ṅka cä pta ·ñä kte ·n· ·n· yä rke ta ṅks· – /// |
| b5 | /// ·ä ·e ṣ·ai – ·i wai pe [c]· tse ñā – /// |
Transcription
| 26d | /// ·n· p· l· ts· tw· tre śaiṣṣeṃts kuse wa /// a2/// ·k· – kṣo ṣä t· llau s· 20-6 |
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| * | oṅkolma pai twe – /// |
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| a3 | /// ·n· ṅka tsīśc täṅsa nai añm twe mā ṣäp ·o ntsai /// |
| a4 | /// – – ·e yärkesā päklyeṣ ñakta twe kuse ñī ·e /// |
| a5 | /// neṃ ṣäñ kärstoy tmentsi ñ· añma /// |
| a6 | /// – śaul warññai kä – wälo ·e /// |
| b1 | /// ṣṣ· täñ lwāsa ṣe mwe sṣe /// |
| b2 | /// – ktsaṃ pā – ṣpä – nte mā tākoī t·e ·e kä – – /// |
| b3 | /// – – ka ·i ·ā ñ·ok wsa ste trai ka pe n·a – /// |
| b4 | /// – ṅka cä pta · ñäkte ·n· ·n· yärke täṅks· – /// |
| b5 | /// ·ä ·e ṣ·ai – ·i waipec· tse ñā – /// |
References
Online access
IDP: THT 1540a; TITUS: THT 1540
Edition
Tamai 2007a: №1540
Bibliography
“The International Dunhuang Project: The Silk Road Online.” n.d. http://idp.bl.uk.
Tamai, Tatsushi. 2007a. “A preliminary edition of unpublished texts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” Thesaurus indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan collection. 2007. http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/tht.htm.
Gippert, Jost, Katharina Kupfer, Christiane Schaefer, and Tatsushi Tamai. n.d. “Thesaurus Indogermanischer Text- und Sprachmaterialien (TITUS): Tocharian Manuscripts from the Berlin Turfan Collection.” http://titus.fkidg1.uni-frankfurt.de/texte/tocharic/thtframe.htm.
